By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – Some Toyota Motor shareholders have criticized its President Akio Toyoda for questioning Japan’s plans to ban conventional cars only days after the firm said it was reviewing its climate...
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Underwriters puzzle over how to make pandemics insurable again
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all...
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World stocks, commodities boom on U.S. weak jobs data
By Herbert Lash and Ritvik Carvalho NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Commodity prices jumped, the dollar slid to a two-month low and major global equity indexes scaled record peaks on Friday after weak U.S. jobs data for April tamped...
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Amazon, union tussle over identifying witnesses as U.S. labor board starts hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com lost a tussle on Friday over whether it could learn the names of witnesses before they testify at a hearing investigating claims that the company illegally interfered with a vote on unionizing an...
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Volkswagen confirms new investment cycle for its plants in Brazil
(Corrects name in paragraph 6 to CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Cars Ralf Brandstätter; Herbert Diess is CEO of Volkswagen Group) By Marcelo Rochabrun SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Volkswagen AG has finalized a commitment to launch a new investment...
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Blue hair hues signal bold make-up revival for new L’Oreal boss
By Sarah White PARIS (Reuters) – L’Oreal’s make-up sales are set to bounce back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, the French group’s new chief executive said on Friday, with women opting for brighter colours in...
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